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748470

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 1.89 of Budget 2016, when her Department plans to publish Professor Sir Adrian Smith's review of mathematics teaching for 16 to 18-year-olds.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	3195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Sir Adrian Smith’s review of post 16 mathematics will be published in due course. Some of the initial findings of the review are set out in the Building our Industrial Strategy Green Paper, which can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/building-our-industrial-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/building-our-industrial-strategy</a>.</p><p>The terms of reference were published in July 2016, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/south-asian-method-of-teaching-maths-to-be-rolled-out-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/south-asian-method-of-teaching-maths-to-be-rolled-out-in-schools</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/07/2017 15:52:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

748488

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what analysis her Department (a) has made or (b) plans to make of the effect of closures of Sure Start Children's Centres since 2010 on the social mobility of the most disadvantaged children in (i) Enfield North constituency, (ii) the London Borough of Enfield and (iii) London.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	3291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Childcare Act 2006 requires local authorities to consult before they make significant changes to their children’s centre provision. Where they decide to close a children’s centre, councils must demonstrate that children and families, particularly the most disadvantaged, will not be adversely affected and that they will not compromise their duty to have sufficient children’s centres to meet local need. Local authorities are best placed to understand local needs and the different ways children and families can be supported locally.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 10/07/2017 16:20:52 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

748551

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of places that will be available under the 30 hours free childcare scheme from September 2017.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	3205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Childcare Act 2016 places a duty on local authorities to secure free childcare for qualifying children and therefore monitor supply and demand at a local level. We anticipate a high level of demand for 30 hours free childcare. Our twelve early delivery areas have demonstrated that 30 hours is popular with parents and that providers have been positive about offering places to working parents.</p><p> </p><p>We are making record investments in the government’s free childcare offer: over £1 billion more per year by 2020. This includes £300 million per year for a significant increase to the hourly rates paid for two, three and four-year-old entitlement. From April 2017, the national average funding rates also increased to £4.94 for three and four-year-olds and £5.39 for two-year-olds. We are also investing £100m in capital funding to create nearly 18,000 additional places for eligible children to help meet demand from hardworking parents. This investment will support even more providers to deliver 30 hours.</p><p> </p><p>In addition our national delivery contractor, Childcare Works, are supporting all local authorities to ensure they are ready to deliver the required number of free places in September 2017. Local authorities report that they have benefitted from support with estimating demand and supply in their local areas.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 3295 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:11:16 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

748552

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the likely level of demand for places under the 30 hours free childcare scheme from September 2017.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	3295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Childcare Act 2016 places a duty on local authorities to secure free childcare for qualifying children and therefore monitor supply and demand at a local level. We anticipate a high level of demand for 30 hours free childcare. Our twelve early delivery areas have demonstrated that 30 hours is popular with parents and that providers have been positive about offering places to working parents.</p><p> </p><p>We are making record investments in the government’s free childcare offer: over £1 billion more per year by 2020. This includes £300 million per year for a significant increase to the hourly rates paid for two, three and four-year-old entitlement. From April 2017, the national average funding rates also increased to £4.94 for three and four-year-olds and £5.39 for two-year-olds. We are also investing £100m in capital funding to create nearly 18,000 additional places for eligible children to help meet demand from hardworking parents. This investment will support even more providers to deliver 30 hours.</p><p> </p><p>In addition our national delivery contractor, Childcare Works, are supporting all local authorities to ensure they are ready to deliver the required number of free places in September 2017. Local authorities report that they have benefitted from support with estimating demand and supply in their local areas.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 3205 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:11:16 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

748642

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Social Mobility Commission's report: Time for Change: an assessment of government policies on social mobility 1997-2017, if she will launch a review into the possibility of creating a national coalition with councils, communities and employers to improve social mobility.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	3215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education welcomes the Commission’s report, published on 28 June, which considers efforts to improve social mobility over the last twenty years. The Commission rightly concludes that too often life chances can be determined not by effort and talents but where you come from, who your parents are and what school you attend. The Department will set out further details on policy to tackle this social injustice in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Improving social mobility requires support from all parts of society: government, employers and civic organisations. Last year, we launched our £72 million Opportunity Area programme. In these 12 social mobility ‘coldspots’ we are working with a range of local partners to break the link between background and destination. We know these areas face some of the most entrenched challenges, as described by the Social Mobility Commission’s Index last year. Our approach here goes beyond what the Department and central government can do – extending to local authorities, schools, academy sponsors, local and national businesses, Local Enterprise Partnerships, FE colleges, universities, the voluntary sector, and more.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State recently spoke at the launch of the Social Mobility Employers Index. The Index highlights how employers, including government, are taking steps to ensure talented people from all works of life can access good jobs. Through this collaborative process, we will not just build opportunity now but lay the foundations for further progress in the future. I strongly encourage employers to sign up to the Index next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/07/2017 12:26:34 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

748646

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is her policy centrally to fund any school improvement work that is required to make school buildings safer as a result of safety tests carried out as a result of the Grenfell Tower fire; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	3269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>We have instructed all bodies responsible for safety in schools, colleges and universities to carry out checks to identify any buildings that might require further investigation and to flag any concerns. This has included carrying out checks for Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding where it may pose a risk.</p><p>We have had thousands of responses from schools and responsible bodies. Work is ongoing to go through this data. We are contacting schools if we need further information. Our priority is to analyse the data returns as quickly as possible and contact all schools that have cladding that may require further checks, in line with the collective government response. Updates on the outcomes of any cladding tests will be provided once they are available. Where we agree that remedial work is required we will support responsible bodies to make the necessary amendments to ensure pupils safety.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 3268 question first answered 11/07/2017 16:02:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

748647

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information from local authorities she has on how many schools (a) have and (b) are suspected of having ACM cladding.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	3268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>We have instructed all bodies responsible for safety in schools, colleges and universities to carry out checks to identify any buildings that might require further investigation and to flag any concerns. This has included carrying out checks for Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding where it may pose a risk.</p><p>We have had thousands of responses from schools and responsible bodies. Work is ongoing to go through this data. We are contacting schools if we need further information. Our priority is to analyse the data returns as quickly as possible and contact all schools that have cladding that may require further checks, in line with the collective government response. Updates on the outcomes of any cladding tests will be provided once they are available. Where we agree that remedial work is required we will support responsible bodies to make the necessary amendments to ensure pupils safety.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 3269 question first answered 11/07/2017 16:02:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

748648

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 62 of stage two of the Schools National Funding Formula consultation, whether it remains her policy that from 2019-20, the national funding formula will be used to calculate the vast majority of each individual school's budget so that schools are predominantly funded through a consistent national approach without the additional layer of variation and complexity created by the current existence of a different formula in every local authority; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	3267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is determined to introduce a fairer funding formula. We are committed to ensure that no school has its budget cut as a result of the new formula.</p><p>We received over 25,000 responses to the consultation, which we are analysing in detail. We are grateful to all those who expressed their views on school funding and the proposed formula as part of this process. We will work with Parliament to bring forward proposals that command consensus and will publish the response to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 3266 question first answered 11/07/2017 16:31:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

748649

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 62 of stage two of the Schools National Funding Formula consultation, whether it remains her policy to bring forward legislation to implement the change to the funding formula in due course; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	3266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is determined to introduce a fairer funding formula. We are committed to ensure that no school has its budget cut as a result of the new formula.</p><p>We received over 25,000 responses to the consultation, which we are analysing in detail. We are grateful to all those who expressed their views on school funding and the proposed formula as part of this process. We will work with Parliament to bring forward proposals that command consensus and will publish the response to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 3267 question first answered 11/07/2017 16:31:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

748686

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is the Government's policy that 75 per cent of students will take the EBacc combination of GCSE subjects by 2022.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	3212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government believes that the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) provides the right educational foundation for the vast majority of pupils. Since 2015, the Government has been clear that we want to see 90 per cent of pupils study the EBacc combination of subjects at GCSE. We will publish further detail about the EBacc policy in due course.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 3213 question first answered 11/07/2017 15:54:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest